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The nations participating are all members of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Yes and no. National is an extension of nation and all countries are considered to be nations and all countries have national anthems, national pride and so on.
204 National Olympic Committees or NOCs in the 2012 Plympics
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all nations try to protect the interests of the nation as a whole.
yes
The only real difference is the countries that are invited to participate. All countries that have a National Olympic Committee may send athletes to the Olympic Games. All countries that are members of the Commonwealth of Nations or are a territory of a member of the Commonwealth of Nations may send athletes to the Commonwealth Games. There are a few sports competed in the Commonwealth Games that are not competed in the Olympics (lawn bowls, squash, and netball). Olympic sports canoeing, sailing, and volleyball have never been competed in the Commonwealth Games.
African Nations Championship was created in 2009.
134 in all of the sports
Europe is not a nation, it is a continent containing many nations, so Europe cannot have a national anything.Most nations (countries) do not have a national bird.
There are no nations in Antarctica, meaning that there is no 'national holiday'.
71 nations compete in the commonwealth games